About Me

I now live in Victoria, after a couple years on the North Shore of Vancouver, and a (too) brief time in the prairies. Working as an artist, mother and wife (not necessarily in that order), i am striving to live well, to find the truth of God in all things, and to pass on this truth to others.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

patience

yesterday we had someone come to see the house, so my son and I went on a date to the Wired Monk for some hot chocolate, homemade cookies (i brought them, is that bad? :)), and browsing of the lego website on my laptop - this is my three-year-old boy's favourite thing to do. as we were looking at the many amazing lego creations he will never own, we frequently had to wait for a video or picture to load. he would look at me and in a very serious voice, and with a very serious face, say "patience.".
patience.
nothing's changed in my crazy life of waiting, so i won't bore you with the details. i do find that i have some extra painting time on my hands however. i've painted this beauty (pictured with my office cabinet to show the size - it's around 2x3feet. it's the same as the "succulents" painting somewhere on the right) if anyone's interested, and i'm a-hankerin' for something else. fill my palette!!

i promise that when there is some exciting news to tell, you will not be the first to hear, oh blogspot of my heart, but you will be on the list of intimates to share with. who the heck reads this thing anyways? i hear rumours but i'm always curious...

to remember: homewood

lady in red

all things bright and beautiful

grasslands 2

dressed in white

oil on canvas, 2013, 18x18, $325

thistle at twilight

oil on canvas, 24x36, 2013, sold

grasslands

oil and acrylic on canvas, 2013, 12x24, sold

COME TO US, ABIDE WITH US, OUR LORD, EMMANUEL

The empty chair is one that guests usually sit in when we host. The vantage point is from my couch where I sit in the mornings and spend time with God – through the window is our front yard, our neighbourhood. The telescope draws my eye out, out of my little world of home and family and into the lives of my neighbours (metaphorically speaking!). This is where I long for Christ to be incarnated through me - in my home, through my hospitality, and in my neighbourhood. This is where I pray "O come, O come Emmanuel".

a vision of homewood

will be auctioned in the camp homewood fundraiser

invitation

oil on canvas, 30x40, 2012, $960

promise

oil on canvas, 20x24, $480

fulfillment

oil on canvas, 2012, 18x24, nfs

attached

oil on canvas, 2012, 30x40, $960

resiliant 2

oil on canvas, 2012, SOLD

fields of gold

oil on canvas, 2012, sold

resiliant

oil on canvas, 2011, 18x24, sold

overlooked

oil on canvas, 2012, SOLD

diaspora

oil on canvas, 2011, SOLD

open up

Praying is no easy matter. It demands a relationship in which you allow someone other than yourself to enter into the very center of your person, to see there what you would rather leave in darkness, and to touch there what you would rather leave untouched.Henri Nouwen